"Soundtrack for a Coup D'etat" is a fascinating and highly entertaining study of the unexpected relationship between some famous Jazz musicians and the C.I.A.-backed 1960 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It opens at the Film Forum Friday, October 25 and will also be screened at the upcoming DOC NYC festival. A Q&A with director...

Mark Cousins, director of the landmark series "The Story of Film: An Odyssey," lets the master of suspense tell his own story in the new documentary "My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock." It opens at the Quad in Manhattan this Friday, October 25. Go here for showtimes and ticket information. In the title credits the film is said to be "written and voiced by Alfred Hitchcock."...